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Friday, March 31, 2017

Hello to all !!!
Before I show you what is in there for you, let me take you to the CottageCutz store where our Anniversary sale is going on and you can save upto 50% for just this week only. Isn't that wonderful !!!

Now on to today's project. Have ever thought that how good it would be if your stamp would have been a little more bigger or if you could increase the design size. Well, you can do that and I call it EXTENDING YOUR STAMP.

This is very well featured in this card here where from one stamp , I have build up a cluster of flowers so that it looks that the stamped image is really bigger in size.
Do check it out here.

All the flowers stamp and die combo that can be used to create this sort of card can be found here

Thursday, March 30, 2017

It is Pam today excited to share a mixed media card with you today!
At the Cottage Cutz store you will find some wonderful stamps that represent all the flowers for each month of the year! The stamps are beautiful and have a sweet whimsical quality!

Today, I used the Larkspur stamp which I am partial too because my birthday is in July!

1. Started with an A2 white card base and a slightly smaller piece of deep purple card stock. I glued the purple card stock to the front of the white card base and set aside

2. Using a 4 x 5 1/4 piece of notebook designer paper I decided to do a bit of a mixed media background. Use TH distressed inks and sponged them onto the designer paper. The two colors used are Peeled Paint and Seedless Preserves

3. Continuing the process by using a stenciling and Tumbled Glass ink

4. After the sponging to soften the look use a white acyrlic wash over the top. Mix the white paint with a lot of water and apply one coat over the whole background

5. Let dry then added some of the Seedless Preserves splatters. Do this by smearing some of the ink on a plastic sheet and added water. Then pick up the ink with a brush and tap it on your finger above the paper in different spots

7. Using the coordinating dies cut out the Larkspur and Dragonfly. Add a purple ribbon to the Mixed Media background paper then mount flat to the card front. Add a silver cord by just taping it down. Then Using the Double Stitched Rectangle die cut a light purple piece of card stock. Pop it to the front of the card over the silver cording

8. Pop up the Larkspur and Dragonfly onto the die cut rectangle. Using the same deep purple card stock cut out Thanks and glue it just above the on the right side

Here is the finished card!

Cottage Cutz Products Used in this project:

I hope you try one of our lovely flower stamp sets soon! And as always thanks so very much for taking the time to stop by today! We really appreciate it!

take advantage of the BIG Anniversary Sale. All the dies I used for this card are 25% to 50% off through Friday. Now is the time to load up on wish list items that are on sale and share your list with family members as a hint for Mother's Day!

You can click on my video below to see how I made this cute mason jar shaped card but first let me tell you a little more about it.

The
adorable Teardrop Camper is the true star of the show! The details in this die
cut are incredible, down to the tiny curtains and awning which for me is my
favorite part. To create a little more texture to the die cut, I used an
embossing folder to set off the bottom piece of the trailer and I also dry
embossed the clouds in the background. I accented them with some white and
tinsel mixed embossing powder which gives both a milky white and glittery
appearance.

The
base card is a 4-bar sized card and it’s created using an envelope punch board.
I got the idea from many videos out there showing how to make a jar shape but I
made it my own by turning it into a card with the hinge at the top. I further experimented
a little and found that I could dry emboss a zig-zag pattern with
my embossing board to give the jar lid the illusion that it is screwed on. The round tags were stamped and cut out using the stitched circles dies
and the interior piece was cut out with the double-stitched rectangle die. It’s
these little touches that makes the card so fun.

I have
included the dimensions and supplies in the description of the video so go
there to get all the details to make your own scenic jar card with the Teardrop
Camper or other CottageCutz dies. There are so many possibilities! Thanks for
spending some time today with me at the Scrapping Cottage Blog. Have a wonderful day!Click to see video.

Tuesday, March 28, 2017

Spring is here, and with it the upcoming Easter holidays, which offer us great opportunities for creativity.
For Easter card I used three CottageCutz dies. Two older and one from this year's release.
Let's see how it is made.

Monday, March 27, 2017

Hi, Lois here today with a card that has many small pieces. That's what I like about the CottageCutz dies -- all the elements included on them. I'm using another new-to-me die -- the Tree of Nature die with lots of cute elements. I've made a get-well card with the look of spring.

To avoid having to make many passes through my Big Shot with different colored cardstock, I cut all my pieces from white -- and colored them afterward.

As you can see there are four blossoms and four sets of leaves already on the die. I used a variety of Copic markers, as well as a fine black pen, to color my die-cut pieces.

As you construct a scene on your card, you could decide to cut more of them. As you can see with my colored images, I decided I needed more leaves and blossoms. While I was at it, I also cut two strips of grass using the Spring Grass die and sponged on some green ink for texture.

Next I cut the cardstock for my card base -- tan, dark brown and pale blue.

I then constructed my scene. I used my Xyron X sticker maker to put adhesive on the back of the smallest pieces. I had cut two strips of grass because I wanted one strip behind the fence and one in front. As it turned out, I actually cut four more blossoms for my tree. Here is a close-up of the 3-D pieces (the butterfly, the bird and the owl). I used tiny foam pop dots to create the 3-D look for the wings of the butterfly and bird -- and larger ones to adhere all three critters to the card. I love using googlie eyes on owls, so I used them rather than the eye pieces from the die.

I then stamped the small sentiment at the top and I was finished. Again, here is my card: